turkish and saudi officers reportedly caught operating inside syria a country where now even loose links to the government turning ordinary civilians into rebel targets. the f.b.i. hunts high profile data leakers within state agencies the u.s. government. criminalizing certain kinds of information spills all the while deliberately planting their own. class people in a belgian city say one local party has taken a political correctness too far after a put up a man with mental problems as a candidate in municipal elections. party

is coming to you live from moscow city center with me rule research and welcome to the program a group of turkish and saudi officers have been arrested in the flashpoint city of aleppo this according to syria's state television the focus of the war shifted to the area last month after rebels moved in from the outskirts sparking street battles and forcing thousands of civilians to flee early reports suggested the rebels were receiving sophisticated weapons via the turkish border and gulf nations said they were putting fighters on the payroll of u.n. observers for the meantime it left perceived to aleppo for security reasons as odd he's also on a boy he reports from syria nobody is safe. but . get a driving license president assad will be watching all. those working it's not a political. statement rather

a sign that that company belongs to the state your design is now becoming a death mark for an increasing number of state employees. but. this call in the middle of the night cost him a brother. was one of syria's most experienced civil pilots u.s. educated more than twenty thousand hours around the globe he was coming home from the airport when gunmen attacked his car. radical islam. is the worst enemy of radical islam when you were rounded incapable of using your page you're trying to estimate what's going on with. his brother a plastic surgeon also received. their family belongs to the l a with the same religious group as assad but they were never politically active. he said the documents confirm syria's opposition has which scientists engineers don't kiss and

civil servants only. what started as a battle against the regime now increasingly looks like a battle against the syrian state with around a million and a half of the country's civil servants are becoming targets doctors teachers municipal workers have all been kidnapped or assassinated for simply doing their work any government in the world where they steam aquatica not has two distinct groups of people working for a political fox whose job is to keep the ruling party in power and civil servants to make sure that streets are cleaned and hospitals are running and in syria regardless of that political affiliation civil servants are being targeted as a south sympathizers in damascus hospitals window blinds of permanently drawn not because of the scorching heat for fear of snipers a local doctor was kidnapped on his way from work a few months ago his family hasn't heard from him since his colleagues are now

afraid of revealing the identity of. all the syrian people are in danger children they old really farm workers civil servants doctors and scientists there are no exceptions well over the fact that my life and the lives of other syrian people are a true it makes me tremble with fear along with fears put their safety syrian civil servants also have to deal with a much higher workload many now put in sixty hour weeks with barely a day off due to inflation their salaries have devalued as have their lives so i am not surprised to hear that some groups within the free syrian army are targeting those people who are trying to make life better or orderly because at the end of the day if things get back to normal they will lose any support they will lose any attention from the media from the international community it is in the interests of some factions and the opposition to make things worse for people so that those

people who are in the silent majority join in the fights and round of world attacks against they don't situations carry some of the highest sentences and i promptly condemned as terrorism yet in syria for the sake of ousting one man millions of lives are put on the line it's not a boycott artsy democracy syria and r.t. is coming to life from moscow as told ahead for you in this hour israel and egypt trade accusations of a fatal border assault some experts believe that creating a regional tension is exactly what the attackers want. other controversial trial of an anti putin punk band enters its final stage with a public debate centered on whether the woman is disturbing cathedral performance deserves the harshest punishment. the obama administration is taking a leak plugging to a new level unprecedented manhunt is sweeping u.s. state agencies in an attempt to root out data spills that are becoming increasingly

frequent. but the saudis guy nature can reports not all kinds of leaks are being criminalized. the f.b.i. is on a hunt believe curves they have interviewed current and former high level government officials from the white house the pentagon the national security agency and the cia all to reveal those who spilled the beans investigation has already kept a distinct chill over press coverage of national security issues as journalists here say agencies declined routine interview requests and refused to provide background briefings on top of that the legislation is in the works in the us congress that would for example allow to strip the government's employee of their position in punishment for on authorized sharing of information with the media so you have an assault on the first one both the government and the lawmaker a former assistant director of the cia's that everybody in the intelligence world agrees never have there been so many high low level leaks one has to would

ministration as being so hard on leakers as this one we're talking about all kinds of the leaks about the administration's targeted killings program as it continues to illegally execute suspected terrorists abroad or leaks about government agencies sweeping surveillance capabilities that home field bomb administration alone has prosecuted six government officials believe king information to the press more than all the other past administrations combined earlier i spoke with one of them on the break that is who once was a senior executive of america's largest intelligence agency and he blew the whistle on fraud and abuse with regards to the agency's secret surveillance program here's what he told me speaking truth to power is very dangerous and it is world power elites. those in charge they don't like dirty linen being your. they don't like the skeletons in the closet being seen. and they not only do they

object to it they decide to turn it into criminal activity. i guess we have to point out that not all start being criminalized because you have a type of information that the government leads deliberately to manage and control the discourse in the media so to say but any journalist would tell you that it's the on the rise that really helped reveal the sensitive story to the public otherwise journalists would just have to copy paste and whatever the government decides to release to the press in washington i'm going to check out. spain so authorities are also accused of trying to spin the media to their own way as we reported just a few minutes here on our team the country's a technocrat government forces of several journalists a state t.v. channel are slamming the massive cuts in force to meet bailout conditions. slow pace for space space agency launches an investigation into why

a rocket booster failed to get communications satellites up into war. well tolerance and a political correctness may have reached its limit in the belgian city of ghent a man with mental disabilities is running for office and sitting about his condition should be no obstacle to a political career but as i reports not everybody agrees where here and get the city in flanders known for its pretty medieval town center but it's also recently made headlines when a political party put a man with mental disabilities on its candidate list for local elections meet. the forty one year old candidate of the flemish christian democrats is hoping to get a seat in gan city council he admits he has difficulties in speaking and writing. i've been active in community work for a living years our party slogan is everyone's included so i want to be given the chance to be counselor to express myself and help people disability. he says he

wants to encourage voluntary social work and make the city more accessible to people with handicaps by promoting the use of simple language this is just a saying you know to the people in the end also people with disabilities can run for elections in our community. here in ghent so we can't ignore them you'd be hard pressed to find someone who'd say such people weren't part of society but some see the party's move as inappropriate where public office is concerned raising questions of whether politicians have pushed the envelope too far this time. if he's physically disabled it's not ridiculous but he has mental disabilities so that's another question you may have problems with reasoning but. i think he's not capable of making decisions for other people i do voluntary work myself with mentally disabled people and got a lot of respect for them but they have to realize themselves that they're not able

to do everything the other get residents like frederick think it's really nothing more than a publicity stunt and i know it's the. because when you criticize such a nice and good guy but i don't want to criticize him in person i want to criticize his sparty for using him as a kind of political tool and to to get media attention in a time that we are close to when the simple elections did you know is well aware of the criticism but as far as he's concerned for political i spend a lot of energy campaigning the rest is up to voters you know not this one yes or sylvia r.t. ghent in belgium. now greece plans to deport more than sixteen hundred people in a massive crackdown against illegal migrants claiming public funds it's all part of an effort to save money in any way possible in a country which is sinking under its own debt but as sick all of us are roger bootle tells us here at r.t.

he believes that leaving the eurozone is the only way that greece can save itself that full interview is coming up in about an hour and twenty minutes from now but for the meantime a preview. in my view needs to get out of the euro i cannot see any way in which this current policy of austerity is going to bring any relief or solve the grinding process of trying to bring. down takes. decades sort of a credit greece is going through but i don't think it's possible to imagine a return to economic growth in the current setup by contrast with the euro breaks i can imagine economic growth so far from being a disaster i think it could be the major step that leads to the restoration of growth in europe. live from moscow this is arts he now prosecutors have demanded three year prison sentences for them and members of the controversial punk band pussy riot and the trio is currently on trial for protesting in russia's main cathedral now they are

waiting to see whether that will be their final performance or perhaps the show might go on pretty out of a takes a closer look at the case the report though does include images of a sexual nature. it's the trial that's gripped global attention three members of the collective pussy riot are cues to hooliganism after taking part in protest inside moscow's main cathedral the demonstration dubbed a punk rock printed to read rush or a bloody mirror hooten to media focus around the world. but i would like to reiterate our stance which we have expressed from the very start. defendants did not perpetrate a criminal offense and therefore any verdict of court say for an acquittal will be unlawful. the group of being called political prisoners by human rights groups and media outlets donning support from many within the music industry staying faith no

more and the red hot chili peppers of all called for the women to be set free but groups associated with the russian orthodox church were outraged by the demonstration and called for the harshest penalties available over those who defend the women say the protest wasn't born out of any religious hatred and yes a much of this x. obviously had political character which just went side by side with other such political acts didn't stand out so the attempt to proclaim what has happened as abusive actions motivated by religious hatred is ridiculous also but it's that political character and the search for the shocking is clearly visible when you look at what the women put done previously past months of included inviting the media to an orgy in a museum and one member performing a sex act with a frozen chicken in a supermarket because the performance though was a step too far for many in a nation where the majority of people orthodox kristie in search of a foremans in the country's main cathedral saw some accusing the group of blasphemy

however some of russia's most ardent anti government activists who agree the women took things too far also said they shouldn't be punished too harshly and they don't deserve it by the way i strongly disapprove of their act i'm old enough to be their dad so i would just spank them properly and let them off and now when they face up to seven years of prison this is going too far afield the call for clemency was repeated by president putin the man who was the target of the protest. but i hope the court will rule with a just decision if the bonds let's say defiled a sacred place in israel they would have to cope with some tough guys there are many of them would face difficulties from attempting to leave the country was ready for example they went to the caucuses and defaced a muslim shrine security wouldn't have enough time to protect them from public anger. nevertheless i don't think we should judge them too strictly.

on the way the final decision rests with the court. the trial continues here in moscow its public opinion is divided over what punishment if any should be handed down to the three women in the dock peter oliver r t moscow well we have more on the punk band trial and plenty of other stories online as well including pop diva madonna saying in moscow that she wants leniency for pussy riot and finnish activists who started to support the russian punk with a copycat protest targeting the largest orthodox church in western europe. plus a civil services of paralyzed in a californian city police and firefighters are bankrupt and out of gasoline as fuel companies refuse to refill until debts are paid off. candidates in the u.s. presidential race trading political blows over iran and the crippling sanctions america is trying to impose republicans are targeting barack obama's former

campaign manager after he was paid for a speech by a company linked to iran's revolutionary guard david pluff got one hundred thousand dollars in two thousand and ten for speaking in nigeria just weeks before here fishley became part of the obama administration. from the national iranian american council says obama's policy towards tyrone is coming back to bite him. troublesome for the obama campaign and i i hope that the irony is not lost on people that this is a president who is being criticized by mitt romney for being too soft on iran and yet he's passed you know stronger see iran sanctions stronger sanctions frankly it's never been imposed on any company on any country and there are so broad that his own top political advisor is now being ensnared in the same sions. you know either the stations are too broad and are having a counterproductive effect you know or this president has actually been pretty tough when you were on to be extent that even his own guys are now being sucked up

in this. now and unmanned russian rocket launch from baikonur cosmodrome on monday has failed to deliver a communication satellites into orbit an explanation on this not want to use a tumble. on the air launches rocket launches have been suspended as experts try to work out exactly what did happen with the failed launch of this rocket and its booster carrying two communication satellites up toward it the booster failed to get the communications satellites up to their proper orbit the booster fired at the correct time but only for seven seconds when it was supposed to fire for more than eighteen minutes that has left the booster with the two communications satellites attached floating out to lower emergency albeit the greatest fear now is that the booster and the two satellites that are stuck in an emergency orbit could become a potentially dangerous space junk flying around the earth the greatest danger

could potentially come to the international space station and although ross cosmos has said that no emergency maneuvers are planned for the i assess that hasn't allayed fears of a possible collision this all comes as a great embarrassment for the cosmos with a string of mistakes happening last year including a supply rocket plunging back to earth and the failure of a mission designed to take samples from the martian moon phobos it's also the third satellite launch failure since two thousand and ten a lot of all of these communications satellites cost immense amounts of money this was one of the satellites before it was the first purchased by into an easier and more than the physical cost it's a blow to attempts to try and restore confidence. in a once great and groundbreaking russian space industry. the second in the world

updater for now though egypt has accused israel's spy agency mossad of orchestrating sunday's attack at a border checkpoint that left at least sixteen security officials dead israel denies the claims of blaming islamist militants and criticizing post revolution egypt for losing its grip on the region journalist and also believes the uprising is the country's security. the attack was first of all. increased tensions between israel and egypt i think that's going to be. the attackers had in mind and second of all you have to remember that these organizations leave that violence. and then justifies all means they get in the act itself as an ideological goal to shield. their religion as they see responsible decision makers in egypt should be trying to increase cooperation with israel in order to ensure that these kind of homicide terrorists are not able to carry out

their plans so perhaps this is going to not unities from. countries closer together and the islamists and especially you have is that we're talking about now have been for years. and now what they're doing is taking advantage of the fact that they're here is an unstable situation in egypt but if you just listen as we've seen now across the region egypt syria i mean all the other countries north africa then what we're going to see is chaos and that is what we're seeing unfortunately. twenty one minutes past the hour moscow time as promised into the world cup that we go will start with central nigeria where militants fired on washed up on a christian church killing nineteen at this point no group has taken responsibility for the attack but religious violence like this is usually attributed to the muslim extremist group boko haram earlier this year a wave of attacks on christians so more than one hundred thirty of them killed. at least twelve civilians have been injured after

a truck filled with explosives blew up at the entrance of a nato military base in eastern afghanistan officials are blaming taliban militants saying they stole the vehicle and this is the second outbreak of violence in afghanistan today off the nine died when a bus hit a mine not far from the country's capital come. merinos here in a moment with the business for now spain's are right. wing government has been accused of silencing dissent a number of journalists were sacked from a state channel for their critical stance over an e.u. bank bailout and sweeping austerity some of the spanish media believe mariano to hordes technocratic government is destroying democracy in the country. never in the spanish history of public television after the film go to a dealership the government control of the television or radio was stronger now or do you see in my opinion the. democracy probably the best question to china to

raise the political situation you know spain use a lack of democracy the government using the banks and markets and the palatal abusing is going to be due to joshua noble but anyone who does not understand the media's right to c.d.'s and write books information by the government of public television and public radio the us political welcomes before the arrival of my i'm a hold to the government it was necessary at least a conscientious between the main political parties represented in the parliament and the trade union you know order to constitute i leaving it in team that mean station country look the public radio and public television unfortunately they were not the whole you change the law and now decorum and to control the absolute control of television without any kind of agreement with all their ideas and the trade union. has promised a better life in marina stymied by the r.t. business section good to see you again today once you were taken away. i am

basically again we're looking at the markets but the most interesting story of the day has to be that what is investment back with our guests in a second but first let's take a look at the markets we're not seeing a lot of changes when it comes to europe it's still a mixed picture foot ceiling isn't just noise the german dax adding a little bit we have investors are hoping that we will see a european aboard the buying program sometime i snoozed announced later on this week but now let's get to that stock that everyone wants to hear about which is formats and over twenty three percent and that is of course investment bank standard chartered that is because it is suspected of why then tens of thousands of transactions with iran which is subject to u.s. economic sanctions american financial regulators have said that. bank has loaned as much as two hundred fifty billion dollars over nearly a decade and now standard chartered which denies the allegations faces losing its u.s. banking license. put them on their evil you see us federal reserve chairman ben bernanke he has suggested paying more attention to alternative economic indicators that's

rather than just b.p. and he says these can sometimes mask important information to give an example of the better life and that so used by the organization for economic cooperation and development which compares countries based on indicators of quality of life ben bernanke he also cited the kingdom of the tong which stopped tracking its g.d.p. in one nine hundred seventy two in favor of a gross national happiness index he said conventional non-conventional and the caters could help analysts measure the real state of economic affairs. for the year russia yes and no there you turn the markets are not back of course the terror terror both adding point five five percent this hour and also we have volatility includes prices so investors are really sort of this one gains and losses there it would move on and take a look at currencies and see how the picture estrange that the euro is still gave in against the u.s. dollar when it comes to the ruble it's now losing against both of the major currencies coming off from highs of the sun where they're now in local company news

on its about megaphone which is the country's second biggest mobile operator it has once again postponed its london listening previously the firm moved there from july to september citing financial turmoil on the markets but now that the most a newspaper says the company plans to go public in the middle of autumn for the very same reasons and it is the only only traded russian big telecom company and reportedly plans to list twenty percent of its shares aiming for four billion dollars. and alice about cleaning up the arctic because that is the mission of russia's geographic society which is now on an expedition to clear the islands off the barren sea from collective garbage basically and viral putin did say that basically the countries are focusing its efforts on boosting its activity there and . found out what that's all about. greener than you think this is the arctic temperatures this july and topped those in moscow and rising on average

twice as fast as and you where else in the world the record i smelled has made the arctic's vast natural resources easier to get than ever before imo then we all want to be horrid off our planet oil and gas reserves and in fact that have been seven bordering countries and even china eager to pull a about. five arctic countries russia norway denmark canada and the us have the right to explore waters up to three hundred seventy kilometers all the coasts but it's the central pull those zone that may now be up for grabs russia's already owns a vast arctic territory but there are concerns that this may unite the others against moscow's polar ambitions most recently denmark is the last contender to send an expedition to the pole cold for developing their arctic according to a civilized manner of behavior and proposed a drilling moratorium in the central pullers zone this year all giant rosneft

signed contracts to explore russia's arctic with america's ex-in laws will not always start on and any billions of dollars is already pledged but much more will come when the pool is partitioned and the borders sent so the more businesses that come here the quick of its own charges on for giving this racial home to many political battles will transform into a high tech economic hub that they have a core business r.t. they are take. you serious i never get there interesting assignments and that's why i want to stay put right here oh it's ok you have more friends than she does of let me see you later just never on the headlines or on r t then and some more oh spicier financial headlines of course that can only mean one thing the kaiser report.

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